Snowshoe

Abstract

The invention relates to a snowshoe including a base structure forming a shoe area and a lift area, in which the lift area comprises a side projection on each side of the shoe area, a front portion of the snowshoe substantially corresponding to the front of the shoe area.

Description

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION(S)[0001]This is a National Stage Entry into the United States Patent and Trademark Office from International Patent Application No. PCT / IB2018 / 059478, having an international filing date of Nov. 29, 2018, which claims priority to French Patent Application No. 17 / 71366, filed on Dec. 15, 2017, the entire contents of both of which are incorporated herein by reference.TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention concerns a snowshoe including a base structure forming a shoe zone and a lift zone. The lift zone includes a lateral projection on each side of the shoe zone and is extended toward the rear of the shoe zone to form a rear shovel. The snowshoe has advantageous flexibility and ergonomic features.PRIOR ART[0003]Snowshoes are objects that have been known for many years. They were initially designed to enable persons to move over ground covered with a great quantity of snow. They are moreover very widespread in Nordic countries f...

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Benefits of technology

The snowshoes are designed to be flexible, comfortable, and easy to use. They are meant to provide better grip on different terrains and to be simple in design.

Problems solved by technology

However, these extreme conditions are reflecting less and less the reality of the present day use of snowshoes.

However, this objective is generally not achieved because of the overall size of the snowshoes, their shape, the shoe support, their area often rendering them difficult to handle.

Accordingly, in use, the gait of the snowshoe user is often challenging, because the walker has to raise the front of the snowshoe, pull the snowshoe forward, and then put it down flat, without being able to perform a natural and ergonomic rolling movement of the foot.

The effect of these constraints is that the great majority of users rapidly show signs of fatigue and / or discomfort after even a short ramble.

Firstly, the lack of flexibility renders the snowshoes relatively unergonomic.

These types of materials generally offer low or even mediocre traction performance.

This has a practical aspect for these types of ground, but users may be called upon to walk on hard ground, for example when crossing a road, in which case the snowshoes are no longer at all suitable.

However, the front shovels oblige the user to raise the foot relatively high, which demands of them an additional effort on each step.

Without this movement, which is not natural, the front shovel may strike an obstacle and / or stick in the ground and cause a fall.

Moreover, because the feet have a small angle between them, the rear shovels may interfere with one another when walking.

If they lock together there are then risks of falls.

This articulation generates noise.

These supports are not suitable for walking on inclined terrain.

These movements can cause pathologies.

However, the architecture is complex and costly to manufacture.

Despite this architecture, the presence of the front shovel obliges the user to raise the feet relatively high when walking, leading to premature fatigue of the user.

This snowshoe nevertheless has the aforementioned disadvantages linked to the presence of the front shovel, obliging the user to raise the foot relatively high.

This snowshoe nevertheless has the aforementioned disadvantages linked to the presence of the front shovel, obliging the user to raise the foot relatively high.

Despite this, the snowshoe has the aforementioned disadvantages linked to the presence of the front shovel, obliging the user to raise the foot relatively high.

Nevertheless, the snowshoe has the aforementioned disadvantages linked to the presence of the front shovel, obliging the user to raise the foot relatively high.

The snowshoe also has the aforementioned disadvantages linked to the presence of the front shovel, obliging the user to raise the foot relatively high.

This makes it a snowshoe that is slightly flexible but insufficiently so to obtain the real comfort of the rolling movement of the foot.

The snowshoe also has the aforementioned disadvantages linked to the presence of the front shovel, obliging the user to raise the foot relatively high.

The snowshoe nevertheless has the aforementioned disadvantages linked to the presence of the front shovel, obliging the user to raise the foot relatively high.

When walking, the front of the foot is therefore liable to become attached to or to interfere with a possible obstacle, increasing the potential risk of falls.

Moreover, the natural rolling movement of walking is not respected.

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